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Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds, government says
A windstorm in Gambia has killed 10 and displaced many others. Gambia's President held an emergency meeting to assess the damage.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 12:12:10 AM
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Data shows immune response to third vaccine dose is stronger
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 12:18:32 AM
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Israeli footballer Tai Baribo signs for Austria's Wolfsberger AC
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 12:36:42 AM
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Man arrested for allegedly dripping cannabis into his baby's feeding tube
A man has been arrested for dripping cannabis drops into his baby's feeding tube. Two months ago he was caught after having kidnapped the baby from hospital.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 12:07:27 PM
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Brazil registers record deaths, lowest number of births
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 1:08:29 AM
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Brazil's Bolsonaro disapproval rating rises to all-time high
The people of Brazil disapprove of President Jair Bolsonaro. Disapproval rates are at an all-time high.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 1:30:37 AM
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Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize COVID vaccine booster
The request comes based on evidence of a greater risk of reinfection six months after the first jab in light of the spread of the Delta variant.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 7:37:19 AM
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Court: Law punishing parents for childrens' rock-throwing illegal
A lawyer for Adalah - the NGO which filed the appeal to the High Court - said it is an "invalid, discriminatory and vengeful tool that violates the basic principles of criminal law."
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
7/9/2021 10:13:10 AM
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquakes strikes central California
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 7:23:02 AM
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French comedian Dieudonné fined for antisemitic content
The comedian performed a sketch in Switzerland in which he denied the existence of Nazi gas chambers.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 9:13:26 AM
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Rally against antisemitism drives away left-wingers rather than unite
A PR specialist said he hit a brick wall with a few large left-leaning organizations — including J Street, T’ruah and Americans for Peace Now, which declined invitations to cosponsor the rally.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
7/9/2021 4:39:57 AM
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Renovators find a ritual burial facility at a neglected Jewish cemetery
The beit tahara was thought to have been destroyed. * Most Jewish residents of the town were murdered in the Holocaust.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
7/9/2021 3:58:51 AM
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Florida searchers tell families there are no survivors, report says
As of Thursday, the death toll stood at 64, with 76 people unaccounted for • Chabad-Lubavitch has estimated that about 40 of the dead and missing are Jewish
By REUTERS,RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
7/11/2021 11:26:58 AM
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Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history
The ban can have severe repercussions on systemic racism.
By HENRY ABRAMSON/JTA \
7/9/2021 3:58:08 AM
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes northern California
There are no reports of injury or damage. The tremors hit a sparsely populated area.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 3:54:20 AM
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Teachers’ unions are increasingly debating Israel - some backing boycotts
BDS has been in the air as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a flashpoint of the American labor movement, public education unions in particular.
By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA,GABRIEL GRESCHLER/JTA \
7/9/2021 3:59:10 AM
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Cuba says second COVID-19 vaccine Soberana 2 boasts 91.2% efficacy
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 4:02:02 AM
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South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency
Using the toilet grants the user a currency invented by the engineer. The currency can then be used on campus in various shops and cafeterias
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 4:12:12 AM
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Facebook will now provide Holocaust education in 12 languages
Beginning in January, people who searched in English for information about the Holocaust or Holocaust denial were given a prompt to visit AboutHolocaust.org.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
7/9/2021 4:14:56 AM
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Israeli museum celebrates its baby pythons with a traditional Kiddush
The event will include refreshments; an opportunity for visitors to meet the parents Shayna and Cuddles, along with their new babies; and a lesson about Jewish perspectives on snakes.
By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA \
7/9/2021 4:28:43 AM
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US Jews getting younger on average, religious survey shows
The median age for American Jews is 47 as to 52 in 2013.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
7/9/2021 4:49:48 AM
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Will medical interns' hours finally be shortened?
The Medical Association released a recommendation of four different models. The fight is still not over though.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 9:16:29 AM
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Joint List MK to FC Barcelona president: Cancel match vs Beitar Jerusalem
Last year, Around 1,200 people joined Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg in demanding Defense Minister Benny Gantz designate Beitar's far-right fan club 'La Familia' as a terrorist organization.
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
7/9/2021 9:59:08 AM
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First African American wins US spelling bee
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 6:28:35 AM
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Jerusalem shop illegally sells prescription drugs
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 8:23:42 AM
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Coronavirus: Iran is locking down amid the fear of a fifth wave
Egypt manufactures vaccine doses of China’s Sinovac and Oman announces lockdown for Eid Al Adha.
By TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE \
7/9/2021 8:26:34 AM
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Coronavirus in Israel: 450 new cases, first drop below 500 in three days
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 10:07:43 AM
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OU delves out grants to NA synagogues to get congregants back to prayer
Synagogues chosen for the grants include 35 institutions across the United States and one situated in a Canadian province - from New York to Baltimore to LA and back, up and over to Ottawa.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 10:52:17 AM
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Israeli and Indian defense ministers discuss diplomatic ties
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 10:18:49 AM
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PA fails to protect Palestinian women from domestic violence - NGO
If the PA does not legislate laws against domestic violence there won't be a way to protect women as the abuse is deemed culturally acceptable.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 11:08:19 AM
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Taliban controls 85% of Afghan territory, Taliban official says
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 10:51:34 AM
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Israel to weigh opening of COVID-19 vaccine production plant
"The ability to self-produce vaccines in Israel could be dramatic," the prime minister said.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/10/2021 9:13:36 PM
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Coronavirus in the IDF: 44 new cases, 232 in quarantine
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 11:40:38 AM
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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US
See Shabbat times for your area.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 11:47:11 AM
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Israeli Olympics team member tests positive for COVID-19
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 11:52:13 AM
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Former Egyptian First Lady dies at 88, Israeli officials send condolences
Defense Minister Benny Gantz wrote on Twitter that he shares the grief of the Egyptian people over the death of Sadat.
By GADI ZAIG \
7/11/2021 9:30:23 AM
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Israel's teen COVID vaccination campaign closes with 40% jabbed
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pushing for ‘soft restraint’ COVID management plan * Some 200,000 Israelis got the jab in the last month
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/11/2021 7:50:03 AM
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IDF officer pulls religious Jewish texts from rubble of Miami condo collapse
The image itself, shows an Israeli search and rescue officer passing of a stack of religious Jewish books to a South Florida Urban Search and Rescue worker after pulling it from the rubble.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
7/12/2021 12:54:16 PM
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Pope's recovery continues but Sunday prayer to be read from hospital
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 2:04:05 PM
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Thousands of medieval Islamic tombs found in galactic pattern
The tombs in eastern Sudan were spaced out in a way that the researchers could not easily interpret, until they found a model for studying patterns of stars and galaxies.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/11/2021 9:42:49 PM
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Israeli expertise brings closure to Surfside disaster in matter of days
Innovative technologies, methodologies speed up recovery efforts while staving off psychological damage to victims’ families, search teams
By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE,STEVEN GANOT/THE MEDIA LINE,MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE \
7/11/2021 11:26:36 AM
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Palestinians riot at the Evyatar outpost, clash with IDF
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 10:08:05 PM
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UK Labour activists suspended over antisemitism lose court petition
Eight members of the British Labour Party claim they had been unfairly suspended or expelled following antisemitic remarks.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 4:15:32 PM
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PM Naftali Bennett speaks with UK PM Boris Johnson for first time
The two discussed new ties and cooperation between Britain and Israel, including security issues, trade, and technology.
By GADI ZAIG \
7/10/2021 1:28:19 AM
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UNHRC investigator: Back ICC by halting Israeli settlements war crimes
Michael Lynk tells council there should be an arms embargo against the Jewish state.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/10/2021 5:00:29 PM
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ICC judges order first trial for Darfur war crimes
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 4:55:33 PM
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Man who attacked Boston rabbi to face hate crime charges
Khaled Awad, who stabbed Rabbi Noginski earlier this month, faces additional hate crime charges on top of several other charges.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 7:56:43 PM
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Ahmed Jibril, founder of PFLP-GC, buried in Damascus
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 5:29:20 PM
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Foreign Minister Lapid to meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 5:35:10 PM
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Austria joins Durban Conference boycott
“Austria supports efforts to combat racism worldwide, while rejecting the misuse of the Durban process to unfairly single out and target Israel,” the Austrian Embassy in Israel said on Friday.
By LAHAV HARKOV,TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/10/2021 4:58:50 PM
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Underground Nazi bunker discovered in Lublin, Poland
While working on an underground parking lot, construction workers found bullets used by Nazi and Soviet troops.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 6:44:37 PM
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Retirement age for women to increase by 3-4 months annually until age 65
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 7:53:16 PM
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UN Security Council extends Syria cross-border aid for 12 months
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 6:36:08 PM
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US deny Haitian request for extra security after assassination
US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they were probing American connections to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
By REUTERS \
7/10/2021 6:07:20 AM
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Hackers breach Iran rail network, disrupt service
Trains were delayed by apparent cyberattacks as hackers posted the phone number of the country's supreme leader.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 8:25:54 PM
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Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 78
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 7:46:50 PM
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Israelis are still traumatized after the violence between Arabs and Jews
Given the surge of news since the war between Hamas and Israel in May, it's easy to forget the conflict that traumatized Israelis.
By RENEE GHERT-ZAND/JTA \
7/9/2021 7:59:51 PM
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Pfizer seeks authorization for COVID booster shot from US, Europe
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster COVID-19 shot at this time.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 8:14:25 PM
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Biden to host Germany's Merkel at White House next Thursday
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 8:11:38 PM
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Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 52 workers, police open probe
A fire raged thorough a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, now police are investigating who is responsible for the fire.
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 8:27:07 PM
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Lapid and Gantz working to reach agreements with Joint List - report
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 9:27:29 PM
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In call, Biden presses Putin to act on ransomware attacks
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 9:10:37 PM
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Haitian envoy to US requests sanctions on perpetrators in assassination
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 9:19:18 PM
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IDF identifies unusual activity on Lebanese border, fires light bombs
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/9/2021 10:40:02 PM
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Ransomware attack hits Swiss consumer outlet Comparis
By REUTERS \
7/9/2021 10:44:24 PM